Investing Vocabulary

Match the following

• Asset Class

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling.

• Bond

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• 401(K) Match

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• Asset Allocation

• A group of financial instruments which have similar financial characteristics and behave similarly in the marketplace (like stocks, bonds, and cash)

• Bear Market

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

Match the following

• Stock
• A measurement of the likelihood that a bondholder will be paid back
• Bond Rating
• A type of investment that represents ownership in a company
• Maturity Date
• The total value of a company's outstanding shares of stock
• Market Capitalization
• The annual income from an investment, usually expressed as a percentage
• Yield
• The date on which a bond matures and the issuer must pay back the bondholder

Match the following

• Coupon

• The practice of investing in a large variety of stocks, bonds, and/or funds as a way to as a way to reduce your overall risk

• Capital Gain

• Profit from the sale of an asset, such as a stock or a bond, calculated by subtracting the price you initially paid from the price you then sold it for

• Compound Interest

• The annual interest payment on a bond, usually expressed as a percentage of its face value

• Diversification

• Reinvesting earned interest back into the principal to allow money to grow exponentially over time

• Bull Market

• A market in which there is increased stock trading and rising stock prices

Match the following

• Index Fund

• Money from the profits of a company that is paid out to its shareholders, typically on a quarterly basis

• Inflation

• A collection of stocks and/or bonds that are traded on securities exchanges. Unlike mutual funds, they can be traded throughout the day like an individual stock.

• Dividend

• The rate at which the price of goods increases and consumer purchasing power decreases over time

• Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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  A low-fee portfolio of stocks chosen to track or mimic a stock market index, thereby removing the human element of investing because no one is choosing the individual stocks

• Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

• An investing tool for individuals to earmark funds specifically for their retirement

Match the following

• Municipal Bond

• A bond, often having tax advantages for individual investors, issued by a state or local government which typically uses the loan to pay for public works to benefit its citizens

• Micro-Investing Platform

• The process of setting money aside to increase wealth over time for long-term financial goals such as retirement

• Investing

• Market value of a company's outstanding shares calculated by multiplying the current share price by number of shares outstanding

• Insider Trading

• An application that allows users to regularly save small sums of money

• Market Capitalization

• The illegal act of trading a company's stock using information that is not available to the public

Match the following

• NYSE

• The world's largest stock exchange, physically located in New York City

• Stock

• An index of 500 large cap companies chosen based on their size, industry, and other factors, used to represent the entire market

• Social Security

• The second largest stock exchange in the world behind the NYSE

• Nasdaq

• A federal program that provides monthly benefits to millions of Americans, including retirees, military families, surviving families of deceased workers, and disabled individuals

• S&P 500

• A share of the value of a company, which can be bought, sold, or traded as an investment and which gives the investor small partial ownership of the company

Match the following

• Roth IRA

• A retirement savings plan, sponsored through your employer who will often match your contributions, that allows an individual to save for retirement and have the savings grow while deferring taxes until funds are withdrawn

• Treasury Bond

• A type of investment fund that rebalances its asset mix over time based on a projected retirement year

• Target Date Fund (TDF)

• A bond, generally considered to be a risk-free investment, issued by the U.S. Treasury with a maturity of more than 10 years

• Traditional 401(k) Plan

• An individual retirement account that allows a person to set aside after-tax income up to a specified amount each year

• Mutal Fund

• A collection of stocks and/or bonds combined into one fund which will be traded as a unit, typically chosen and actively managed by an "expert" in exchange for a fee from each investor